Standard Tuning EADGBe
Loveley duet between Nick Cave and PJ Harvey, each sing on the choruses
*Also you can play a C as a grace note between Dm and Am during the verse
Verse 1: (PJ)
Am Dm
Get down, get down, little Henry Lee, and stay all night with me
Dm Am
You won't find a girl in this damn world that will compare with me
G G7
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
C Am Dm Am
La la la la la, la la la la lee, a little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Verse 2: (Nick)
Am Dm
I can't get down, and I won't get down, and stay all night with thee
Dm Am
For the girl I have in that merry green land, I love far better than thee
G G7
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
C Am Dm Am
La la la la la, la la la la lee, a little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Verse 3: (Nick)
Am Dm
She leaned herself against a fence, just for a kiss or two
Dm Am
And with a little pen-knife held in her hand, she plugged him through and through
G G7
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
C Am Dm Am
La la la la la, la la la la lee, a little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Verse 4: (PJ)
Am Dm
Come take him by his lilly-white hands, xome take him by his feet
Dm Am
And throw him in this deep deep well, which is more than one hundred feet
G G7
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
C Am Dm Am
La la la la la, la la la la lee, a little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Verse 5: (PJ)
Am Dm
Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee, till the flesh drops from your bones
Dm Am
For the girl you have in that merry green land, can wait forever for you to come home
G G7
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
C Am Dm Am
La la la la la, la la la la lee, a little bird lit down on Henry Lee
C Am Dm Am
La la la la la, la la la la lee, a little bird lit down on Henry Lee
C Am Dm Am
La la la la la, la la la la lee, a little bird lit down on Henry Lee
C Am Dm Am
La la la la la, la la la la lee, a little bird lit down on Henry Lee
(end)
